an old english elephant

Saturday, August 21, 2004

oh, I forgot to talk about jean rochefort and his magnificent commentary on dressage. yeah, it's horses, doing funny steps, and then jumping around and over stuff. It seems to be a pretty silly sport but quite elegant. I've never really gotten the hang of it, nor felt the passion...but rochefort makes it all worthwhile (and he has quite the most dashing moustache ever, save the dacnar). He says things like "oh my children, find me a second chair, this one's fallen over...Nicolas Tousaint, the archangel of dressage."

N.B. Jean Rochefort, for anglophones, can be seen in the Lost in La Mancha, playing Don Quixote. But he's really good in "an elephant, that trumps a bit" (very stinky translation of "un elephant, ça trompe énormement") and "we're all going to paradise" (nous irons au paradis), its sequel. Rochefort is so drole, in a dry old englishman style...weird that he's actually french.

speaking of which, my imitation of the roquefort cheese is impressive too. approach someone quietly until you are nose to nose, then scream.